9/11 on TV

9/11 a decade later

Eric Draper / Smithsonian Channel

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. That event's impact on all aspects of culture and politics is undeniable. While it's hard to single out every instance of the attacks' influence on television, these are some of the most overt responses to what happened that day. Some are retrospective documentaries, while others are pure fiction (though with a heavy helping of reality).

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. That event's impact on all aspects of culture and politics is undeniable. While it's hard to single out every instance of the attacks' influence on television, these are some of the most overt responses to what happened that day. Some are retrospective documentaries, while others are pure fiction (though with a heavy helping of reality). (Eric Draper / Smithsonian Channel)

Director Jim Whitaker followed the lives of five friends and family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks for seven years to see how their lives were transformed. Additionally, he monitored the evolution of the space in lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center once stood with multi-camera time-lapse photography to see how it changed.

Director Jim Whitaker followed the lives of five friends and family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks for seven years to see how their lives were transformed. Additionally, he monitored the evolution of the space in lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center once stood with multi-camera time-lapse photography to see how it changed. (Oscilloscope Laboratories)